'No risk' to Volodymyr Zelenskky attending EU summit in Ireland, minister says

Helen McEntee said that 'in the very near future' her department will be completing an agreement with Britain on security and defence and that she is also working on deepening co-operation with France on maritime security and protecting critical infrastructure

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be in Ireland for a leaders’ summit during Ireland’s EU presidency. File photo: AP/Michael Probst

There is “absolutely no risk” to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, when he returns here for a leaders’ summit during Ireland’s EU presidency, foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee has said.

Ms McEntee, who is also minister of defence, added that she is “absolutely confident” that all 47 heads of state attending the summit will be safe and that An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces will have the resources to make sure it is a “hugely successful” presidency.